Workshop on Applying Technology in Classroom Instruction

 

Leonard Zeng

Chinese language teacher at Sparta School district

part-time professor at Fairleigh Dickinson, University and Community College of Morris.

 

Yi-Ting Zhou

St. Hilda’s and St. Hugh’s School, New York

 

This workshop was created to provide guidance and assistance to Chinese teachers of secondary-schools. Contents of the workshop include how instruction in a Chinese class can be enhanced and blended through technology. The workshop shows examples and traits of effective computer and web-based programs, discusses tracking students’ academic performance with technology and the workshop also include brief “how-to” sessions with some instructional software and techniques.

 

The topics covered by this workshop include:

 

  1. Create  student-centered and  collaborative learning classroom through the use of technology (30mins)

 

                          I.      The integration of the Smartboard (Schoolboard), the AirLiner wireless slate (schoolpad), Sypodium (iPanel) and visual presenter.

 

                       II.      Create an interactive and reusable lesson plan through the use of Notebook Software (free), Interwrite software (free) and Wenlin.

A.     How to use the SMART document camera

B.     How to get content-based pictures in an effective way.

C.     How to create interactive TPRS lesson.

D.     How to use Wenlin and Interwrite to present your lessons.

E.      Demo: Student-centered activities through the use of Schoolpad and Wenlin.

    

  1. Student-centered Computer-assisted Projects  (30mins)

          

 I. An introduction to Windows Movie Maker

    1. Student-Project demo.
    2. How to integrate the Windows Movies Maker project into the thematic units.
    3. How to use Windows Movies Maker (step by step)

 

            II. Interactive social language learning on-line project: Livemocha

A. website: www.livemocha.com

B.     How to use this website.

C.     Student’s testimony

 

  1. Build A Teacher’s online Blog (30mins)

 

I. Overview

A.     The advantages of creating a teacher’s blog;

B.     The applications of a blog for teaching 5 language skills;

C.     Demo: A Teacher’s Blog of Chinese class at a K8 School ;

II Set up your very first Blog (hands on)

A.     Signing up for an account ;

B.     Picking a template from the many available and installing it to customize the look and feel of your new blog;

C.     Writing your first weblog entry!

D.     Including a link to another Web page in your blog entry;

E.      Integrating pictures, audios and videos into your new weblog;

F.      Publishing your new weblog.

  1. Questions and Answers (15mins)